8F First Commercial Building, 33-35 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel: 21553900 Fax: 21551001 LE MOVERS SYLLABUS 1. Topics, Notations and Concepts The topic list for Movers includes topics covered at Starters. Some of these inclusive topics may have been retitled and the topic list for Starters is to be revised and restated to take account of this. Some of the topics entail only the vocabulary and structures covered at Starters. Common topics build on and extend the language at Starters. And others, shown in red, are introduced for the first time at this level. TOPICS NOTIONS AND CONCEPTS Animals The body and the face Clothes Family, friends and ourselves Food and drink Health Local places The home School and the classroom, and language and tests Sports, leisure and holidays Transport Weather World around us Ability Actions and activities, including routines and manner, past and present Appearance Numbers; cardinal and ordinal Comparisons Days of the week Feelings Location and position Obligation Offers Possession Permission Requests Shapes and sizes Greetings Containers Time expansions 2. Course Structure The structure list for Movers subsumes the structure list for Starters. The following structures appear for the first time in Movers. LANGUAGE (GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES) LANGUAGE USE (COMMUNICATION) LANGUAGE ITEMS (EXAMPLES) NOUNS (Proper Nouns) (Common Nouns) Talking about people and placesJane lives in London A cup of coffee Including countable and limited, Talking about quantities A glass of water specified uncountable and amounts A bottle of lemonade A bowl of soup DETERMINERS Zero article Some, any Talking about things which can Pauls father goes to work A lot (of) and cannot be counted every morning. There isnt any bread on the table but there are apples She took a lot of photos 8F First Commercial Building, 33-35 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel: 21553900 Fax: 21551001 Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs Talking about personal possessions Is that car yours? ADJECTIVES Base forms Talking about appearances and feelings Sally was hungry Comparatives and superlatives Making comparisons between things The sun is bigger than the moon My house is the smallest in the village Who is your best friend? VERBS Present simple Talking about customary actions, On Mondays, Jane plays hockey habits and routines after school Past simple: Talking about events in the past We went to the park yesterday. Regular past forms and past forms of all irregular verbs which appear in the list MODALS can Asking for permission / making Can I have an ice cream? Requests must Would you like a bowl of soup? showing (negative) preference Id like to go home now. shall (in interrogatives only) Making offers Shall I carry your bag? Short Answer Forms Answering yes/no questions Has your school got any computers? No, it hasnt. Go + ing Talking about activities I go fishing at weekends. Like + ing Talking about activities you I like walking in the mountains. Enjoy doing. ADVERBS Adverbs of Time: now, today, yesterday Describing when something happens My aunt caught the plane yesterday. Adverbs of Frequency: always, sometimes, never, often Describing how often something happens She never eats meat. Adverbs of Manner: Describing how you do something We went upstairs quietly. quietly, slowly, quickly, carefully well, badly, loudly Adverbs of Degree: Describing to what extent you do something She talks a lot. Do you drink tea? a lot, a little Yes, a little. INTERROGATIVES how, when, how much, how often, why, what kind of Asking questions to get information How do you go to school? When does the film start? Why is he talking to her? What kind of music do you 8F First Commercial Building, 33-35 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel: 21553900 Fax: 21551001 like? How much water do you want? How often do you eat cake? PREPOSITIONS Prepositions of Time: Talking about dates and time She watches TV on Fridays. on, in, after, before (but not oclock) The dog always sleeps in the afternoon. She plays with her friends after school. She cleans her teeth before she goes to bed. Propositions Showing Agent: with Talking about the agent or the instrument of an action He painted the wall with a big brush. CONJUNCTIONS but Expressing contrast I like ice cream but I dont like chocolate. because Expressing reasons I went home because I was tired. NUMBERS Cardinal Numbers: 1 20 Counting up to 20 and talking about specific quantities There are 18 children in my class. Ordinal Numbers: 1st 10th Talking about positions (e.g. in a race) Jane lives in the second house on the right. CLAUSES Relative clauses with relative pronouns Identifying people and objects Emma is the girl who is sitting by the tree. An envelope is the thing which / that we put a letter in. FORMULAE For communication repair What did you say? I didnt understand / hear you. Source:Cambridge Young Learners Handbook. 3. Component 1